Container package and dispenser for pressure-sensitive tape



8 26, 1952 A. P. KRUEGER ET AL 2,608,295

conmmsa PACKAGE AND DISPENSERFOR PRESSURE-SENSI'LIVE TAPE 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Sept. 29, 1948 gB 32 ,10 n

26, 1952 A. P. KRUEGER El AL CONTAINER PACKAGE AND DISPENSER FOR PRESSURE-SENSITIVE TAPE Filed Sept. 29, 1948 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 I! I rlfl fl 1441!; I!!! I A E- 26, 1952 A. P."KRUEGER ET AL 2,

CONTAINER PACKAGE AND DISPENSER FOR PRESSURE-SENSITIVE TAP E Filed Se t. 29, 1948 s Sheets-Sheet 5 Patented Aug. 26, 1952 CONTAINER PACKAGE AND DISPENSER F PRESSURE-SENSITIVE TAPE Alfred P. Krueger, stratford, and Oscar P. Erhardt, Derby, Conn., assignors to Derby Sealers, Incorporated, Derby, Conn., a corporation of Connecticut Application September 29, 1948, Serial No. 51,812

9 Claims.

"This invention relates to a tape dispenser and, more particularly, to a device for dispensing pressure-sensitive tape which is tacky or clingable upon one surface and usually is relatively nar i Such tape is commonly sold in rolls, the rolls being packed in their container or case from which theyare removed and usually placed in a machine from which they are dispensed.

We contemplate, by the present invention, providing a case or container which will rotatably support a roll or rolls of tape and so constructing the container that the tape may be dispensed therefrom without the necessity of employing a separate dispensing device.

To this end, the container is provided with an opening-through which the tape may be drawn from the roll, and is also provided with a tearoff blade or severing member against the edge of which thetape may be-torn off when a suflicient length has been unwound from the roll. Moreover, these elements are so arranged that when the length of tape has been severed, a free end will remain projecting from the container or case so that it maybe readilygrasped by the fingers of the operator for a succeeding operation.

device of this character makes it possible for'the tape to be packed and sold in the dispensingcontainer, and not only renders it unnecessa'ry "for-the users of the tape to purchase a separate dispensen but eliminates the inconvenience of-having to remove the tape from the container in which it is bought and mount it in a separate dispenser.

-One object of our invention is to provide a is to provide a dispensing case or container for pressure-sensitive tape so constructed that it may be cheaply and economically made and which, at the same time, may be employed as a' tape dispenser, so that a roll of tape may be dispensed-from the roll or container in which it is packaged and sold.

To these and other ends the invention consists in the novel features and combinations of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed In the accompanying drawings: Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of a tape container and dispenser embodying our invention,

with some parts broken away;

Fig. 2 is, a sectional view on line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a top plan'view of the container and dispenser;

Fig. 4 is a partial sectional view on line 44 of Fig. 2; Fig. 5 Ba rear elevational view of a container and dispenser of modified form; Fig. 6 isa sectional view on line 6-6 of Fig. 5 Fig. 7 is a sectional view on line 1-4 of Fig.6; Fig. 8 is a top plan view of a container of.

modified form;

. Fig. 9 isa sectional View on line 9-9 of Fig. 8;

Fig. 10 is a topplan view of still another form of container;- and Y Fig. 11 is a sectional view on I v line llll of Fig. 10.

To illustrate a preferredembodiment of our.

l The body portion ill of the case is displaced Q inwardly at its central portion as shown at M to provide an annular shoulder l5 upon which is designed to be received a supply roll of tape [6, this tape being wound upon a hollow reel or spool ll of circular form which fits over the annular shoulder l5. 7 V

Likewise, the cover is provided with an inwardly displaced portion l9which provides an annular shoulder 2i! upon which is also adapted to be received a second roll of tape l6 also wound upon the spool ii. The two rolls of tape are designed to be separated or spaced apart by a disk-shaped spacer member 2 I this spacer member being provided with a central opening to receive the displaced portion M of the body portion of the case and, thereby, be held in place. It will be noted that the shoulder 15 is slightly widerthan the shoulder 20 so that it will be sufficiently' Wide to accommodate both the roll spacer element 2|.

It will be found expedient I6 andthe at rest.

to provide this spacer element, in that, in the operation of the device one of the rolls will be rotated when the' tape is unwound therefrom. while the other roll, which is not being used at that time, will remain When the roll (the one on the right, as shown in Fig. 2) has been exhausted, it will be removed and the other roll put in its place. The empty spool I! may then be placed in the other part of the case against the spaced element so as to hold the roll which is being used in the proper position,as the tape is dispensed from one side only of the case.

As shown more especially in Figs. 1, 3 and 4, the body portion of the case is provided with spaced openings 23 and 24 and, adjacentone edge of the opening 24, the metal of the case is turned outwardly in a radial direction so as to provide a lip 25 which serves as a tape-end supportto which understood that, as shown in Fig. 1, forexample, the free end 26 of the tape, which comes from one of the rolls [6, is drawn from this roll through the opening 24, to be dispensed. v

Mounted withinthe case and in relatively snug relation with the flange 'll of thebody'portion I1] is a resilient sheet metal ring "28. 'This ring maybe, as shown, of substantially the same width as. the flange l I, although this may be varied as desired, and is split or discontinuous as shown at 29 so that by its natural resilience it will tend to expand against the flange l l. i g V Adjacent the opening 23, the ring is .prov ided with an outwardly protruding finger piece 36 which projects outwardly through the opening 23 of theease, so that it may beengaged-by the operator. This member 30 may be formed by striking the metal of the resilient member 28 outwardly, or it may be constructed as a separate pieceand welded to the member 28 as shown in the drawing. It will preferably fit fairly snugly inthe opening 23 so as to be guided thereby and, as will be noted in Fig. 3, the width of this opening is considerably smaller than the width or height of the flange I I.

"The member 28'is also provided with an opening-1'32 which is arranged in juxtaposition to the opening 24,,this opening being of sufiicient width topermit the .tape toissue therethrough when it is "in registration with the opening 2-4, which is also of substantially the same width as the tape.

.Adjacentone-edge of the opening 32, a tear-off bladeorlsevering member 33 is carried by the resilient sheet metal member 28. As, shown, more especially, in Figs. 1 and 3, this severing member 33js displaced outwardly or ina radial direction from .the periphery of the case and it may be formed by striking outwardly the metalof the member 28 so as to leave the opening 32, or it maybeformed by a separate Z-shaped member secured to the member 28 as illustrated. The member'33 will be spaced outwardly from the case a suificient distance to clear the tape-end support orlip '25,, so that inone position of the member28 it will cover this lip, as shown in Figs. 1 andBof the drawings. V g s .The normal position of the partsis shown in fullilines in Fig. 1 and it will be apparent that.

clockwise direction, as shown in Figs. 1 andpbyf pressure of the thumb or finger of the operator on the member 30, moving it to the opposite end of the slot 23. This moves the severing member 33 to the position shown in Fig, 4, so that the free end 26 of the tape and the lip 25 are uncovered, thus leaving the projecting endof-the tape in an exposed position so that itmay be readilygrasped by the operator. The tape is now drawn from the roll which rotates on the annular shoulder l5 until a sufiicient length has been unwound. Thereu-pon,the operator, by pressure of his thumb or fingers on the member 30, moves the element 28 in the opposite direction, thus moving the (severing member 33in a clockwise direction to a. position in which it covers the tape-end support 25, and alsoa length of the tape beyond this support, this length standing between the support andthe'fr'e'e severing edge of the element 33. The tape is'now torn off against this free edge of the element 33, as shown in Fig. 1, thus, leaving a length of tape lying alongthe under-or innenside of the element 33, andrestoring the parts "to the position shown in-Fig. 1. l 7

In Figs. 5 to 7 of the drawings, we have shown a modification in which the dispenser asbefore consists of a containerhavingthe -two, .parts; or

sections, ajbodyportion lfl and-cover '4l provided respectively with flanges 42 and 43 which nes t together when the sections are ,placed;in closedposition and secured in this .positi onlbythe screw 4 3'. This screw is eccentrically located toholdthe parts against relative rotation. The sup-ply i fisis supported asbeiore on th-eshoulders ih and 46- of the inwardly displaced. central portionsoi the two sections of the case. In this iormofour invention, the outer flange 4 3 is interrupted lo'r provided with an opening 58 of considerable Eng-1711, and the. inner fiange'42' islprovided with a shorter opening or interruptedportion-57. one end of this Openingflhe inner.- portion -isiprorvided with'a radially projecting tape-endsupport 58 against which the tacky side-of the tape-i s:

adapted to engage and cling.

slidably mounted on the flange; 42, as shown a more particularly inFigs. t5 and his ana areuate slide 59. V, This .slideisprovided with-a-slotglifl .within which projects apin fitsecured to the flange 42, and a tension spring '62,,secured at :one

end ;to this; pin and, at the'otherend tothe rear flange 42, so that the slide 59:1na-y bemanipulated or moved about the flange42 by theifinger-piece 83: against the tension ofthespring-SZ.

At the forward end, the slide is provided with an outwardly displaced severingmember-fiiwhich serves in-the closed position .oftheiparts asshown in Fig. 5 and in full-lines in.Fig."7-, to cover the tape-end support 58-and=it willbe noted" that the slide 5.9:itself normally closes theopening ili'mthe inner flange.

Normally the parts-arerin :the position shown in Figs. 5 and 7 in which the .free .endioithe tape extends. from the rolllB over the lip .or tape-end support 58 with which its tacky surfiace iseen gaged,-and then circumferentially'of the case-to the cutting edge of the severing member -65. When it is desired todraw' tape fromnthedisepenser, the operator, by. placing his-fingeronsth e;

element 63, may move the slide159 rearwardl-y'to the dotted-line position shown-in Fig,-7,-thus,

moving the" severing member 6i-away-from' thev tape-.endsupport' 58'so as. to-uncovena portionot;

5. theopening .51. A free end61 of the tape will now projectirom the tape-end support58 and,

the operator may, grasp this end and pull the tape outwardly unwinding itfrom the roll. When a suiiicient length has been pulled outwardly, the finger piece 63 will be released and the slide 59 will be returned by the spring 62irom the dottedline position shown in Fig. 7 to the iull-line position. The tape may now be torn off against the free edge of the severing member 65:

It will .be seen that the split ring 28 which constitutes: the slide in the formof our invention shown in Figs. .1 to 4 of thedrawings is held in the/casing only by, its inherent tendency to expand whichcauses it to snugly hug the periphery of the body portion of the c ase.;;,It may, therefore, be readily inserted into the case by; simply bringing the free ends into overlapping position andjthus, contracting the ring 'until the projection 30. andthe severing member 33 mayenter the openings in the case. This split ring slide may also be readily detached from the case and it may be found convenient to sell tape in the improved case without the slide, the slide being inserted after the container or case has been opened.

To this end, we have illustrated in Figs. 8 and 9 oi the drawings a case provided with openings '23 and 24 which openings are adapted to receive the projection 30 and the severing device 33 of the split ring 28. In order, however, that the container may be sealed so that the tape will not be affected by the atmosphere, a strip of paper or tape 10 may be pasted over these openings to seal them.

Thus, one or more spools of tape may be sold in such a container which will be sealed until it is desired to use the tape. At that time, the strip of paper or tape 10 may be removed, the cover [2 removed from the body portion I0, and the split ring 28 inserted.

In making the opening 24, the metal adjacent two of the corners of the opening at one side is slit for a short distance beyond the end of the opening, as shown at 24 so as to leave a short length of material 25 which may be bent upwardly to form a lip corresponding to the lip 25 shown in Fig. 1. It will be understood, of course, that this lip 25 will lie within the outline of the surrounding material until after the strip 10 is removed after which it may be bent up to the desired position.

In Figs. 10 and 11 of the drawing, we have shown a similar construction in which the metal of the case is not entirely out through, but is merely partially punched out to provide knockout plugs H and I2 bounded by weakened lines 13 and 14. These plugs may be readily removed by the user and, when removed, will leave openings in the case to receive the projection 30 and the severing member 33. Therefore, in this form of our invention, there is also provided a container which will be sealed until the contents are desired to be used. Then the plugs H and 12 may be knocked out and the split ring inserted after the case is opened.

In this instance, the weakened lines are extended at one end of the knock-out plug 12 as shown at 15, so that after the plug 12 has been knocked out the short piece of metal 25 between the weakened lines I may be turned upwardly to provide a lip corresponding to the lip 25 shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

While we have shown and described some preferred embodiments of our invention, it will be understood that it is not to be limited to all of the details shown, but is capable of: modification cumferential flange and means for rotatably sup porting a roll of tape, said flangehavingan opening therein and a radially. extending lip adjacent said opening, a slide movably mounted.

on the inner. surface of the flange-for movement to closed and open positions to cover anduncover said opening, and a severing member carried ;by

- said slide .andsaid severing memberbeing displaced outwardly from the slide so as lip and be moved thereover. r 2. A tape-dispensing device as wherein the slide comprises a resilientexpansible to clear said membermounted within said flangeandurged by its resiliency against said flange.

3. A tape-dispenser as in claim 2, wherein the flange is provided with a second opening and the slide is provided with a finger piece projecting outwardly through said opening.

4. A tape-dispensing device comprising 2. casing having a body portion with a circumferential flange and means for rotatably supporting a roll of tape, said flange having an opening therein and one edge of said opening being turned outwardly to form a radially projecting lip, a slide movably mounted on the flange for movement to closed and open positions to cover and uncover said opening, and a severing member carried by the slide and projecting over said li when the slide is in closed position.

5. A tape-dispensing device comprising a casing provided with a body portion having a circumferential flange and means for rotatably supporting a roll of tape, said flange having an opening therein and a radially extending lip adjacent said opening, a slide movably mounted on the flange for movement to closed and open positions to cover and uncover said opening, and a severing member carried by said slide, said severing member being displaced outwardly from the slide and projecting beyond the slide to cover the lip and extend circumferentially beyond said lip when the slide is in closed position, whereby, when the tape is severed against said member, a free end thereof will project beyond this lip.

6. A tape-dispensing device as in claim 5, wherein the slide comprises an expansible resilient member mounted within the flange, and said severing member extends outwardly through said opening in the flange to the outside of the case.

7. A tape-dispensing device comprising a casing provided with a circular body portion having a circumferentially extending flange, means within the casing for rotatably supporting a roll of tape, said flange being provided with an opening through which the free end of the tape may extend, a slide movably mounted on said flange within the casing, a cutter carried by said flange and extending outwardly through said opening to the exterior of the casing, and a radially extending tape-end-supporting lip on said flange, adjacent the opening, over which the cutter extends. I

8. A tape-dispensing device comprising a casing provided with a circular body portion having a circumferentially extending flange, means within the casing for rotatably supporting a roll of tape, said flange being provided with an opening through which the free end of the tape may in claim 1,

witmnith easi'ng,:a cutter'arried by said flnge and extndifig butwardly 'ithrough safd topenmg to the exterioridfthe=icasing,s'aid:slideicbmprising a resilient member of arcuate s hape di'spdsd snugly against the inner surface of the-flange, and a radially extending tape nd-supporting lip on 1sb.id fiange, "adjacent the cipening, over which the cutter-extends.

= :9. A dispensing ca'ntainerfor tape comprising ai casing having a body portion and 'coverysaifl bodysportion'b'eing provided with 'a" pair of a ien-- mgs spa'ced irom 'ea'ch other, means temporarily seali'hgs'aid epeni-ngs against the entrance 0f air therethr-oughmnd a slide=within the casing, saiid slide c-omprisingva rsilient dpenring-like' memotlier- 'ope'nifig, ana a 'raidially przi eetmg 11p an The "folldwifig reference are -"dffecard the 

